In this movie, I'll show you some really handy tricks for changing the size of…selected text from the keyboard. I've saved my changes as Trajan type.ai.…Now, before we re-size the text, and we're going to be re-sizing this top line so,…it's a little bigger. I want to go ahead and move my text into a…better location. So, I'm going to go ahead and drag it by…its point, by that little sort of anchor point, that is the alignment point for the…text, until it snaps into alignment with the upper left corner of the margin.…And then I'll press Shift+Down arrow five times in a row.…

So, one, two, three, four, five, and then I'll press the Up arrow key by itself in…order to raise that type just a little bit.…And this'll end up looking exactly right, once we get done changing the type size.…So, now I'm going to double click inside of my text in order to switch to the Type…tool and set the location of the blinking insertion marker.…And then I'll triple click on that first line of type to select it.…Now, here's how to change the size of the type.…

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9/24/2014

Released

7/19/2013

Learn to create elegant, optimized graphics with Adobe Illustrator and industry-pro Deke McClelland's patented One-on-One path to mastery—now updated for Illustrator Creative Cloud. This installment introduces the basic features of Illustrator CC: sizing and arranging artboards; accessing panels, menus, and tools; and creating your first illustrations with line art, shapes, and type. This includes manipulating paths with the Pen tool; painting, grouping, and coloring objects; and placing and adjusting text. Deke shows you how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. You'll also learn to trace images you've imported into Illustrator and scale, rotate, and duplicate artwork.

Deke will add new videos as new features for Illustrator CC are revealed, ensuring you'll always be up to date on the latest tools.

Topics include:

Creating new documents

Moving, modifying, and resizing artboards

Drawing with the line tools

Drawing geometric shapes

Auto-tracing an image

Rotating and duplicating objects

Grouping and stacking

Erasing and painting selected paths

Using the Shape Builder tool

Reflecting across an angled axis

Placing and flowing text

Previewing and assigning fonts

Adjusting type size

Creating and applying paragraph styles

Using the Glyphs panel

Inserting and removing anchor points with the Pen tool

Skill Level Beginner

10h 45m

Duration

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Q: This course was updated on 09/24/2014. What changed?

A: 16 movies were updated to reflect changes in the 2014 version of Illustrator CC. Deke covers everything from rounding corners to using new scaling tools and working with the updated Pencil and Pen tools. Make sure to watch the revised movies (marked "UPDATED") to stay up to date.